Improvement in car-couplings



' coupled position.

. adapted to form a coupling-pin.

CARL A. FEUSER, OF AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TOJOHN- W. TALIAFERRO, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN .CAR-COUFLINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 180,016, dated July 18,1876'; application tiled June 9, 1876,

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL AUGUs'r FEUsEE,

`of Augusta, in the county of Richmond and State of Georgia, haveinvented an Improvement in OaiUoupliiigs, of which the following is aspecification:

My improvement relates to a ear-coupling havinga laterally-Swingingcatch mounted on a vertical shaftwhich forms the coupling-pin of theopposing catch.

' My invention consists, first, in a vertical and rotary shaft, adaptedto slide up or down to permit the catch to pass over or under theopposing catch.

My invention consists, secondly, in a peculiar form of catch, which ismounted on a vertical shaft, so as to be turned laterally by acrank-handle from above the draw-heath'and returned by a spring.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a plan View of my improvedcar-coupling in Fig is a side view. Fig'. 3 is a plan view, showing thedevice in the act of coupling.

A may represent a draw-head, of any necessary form, provided withvbuffers or bumpers a. Passing centrally through said draw-head is arotary and vertically-sliding shaft, B, G is a catch of peculiarconstruction, rigidly secured to the shaft B, transverse to the latter,by a key,- c, or other suitable means. The catch C consists of a bar, D,provided at one end with a hook, E, whose head, e, is tapered oriattened. At the other end of this bar is attached4 a spring', F,operating' in connection with the. side a of the draw-head A, to keepthe catch in its normal position. On the opposite sides of the bar D arearms G G', respectively in front and rear of the shaft B, for turningthe catch from either side of the car. Slots or excavations H H permitthe arms G G al certain amount of play, and the stop-h on the Operation:Io couple the cars, the drawheads are caused-to approach each otheruntilthe hooks E come together, when, by reason of their attened. form, thehigher hook will be guided over the other, the sliding shafts rising orfallin g accordingly. The hooks, having passed each other, are nextthrown back by their inner faces bearing on -the shafts, when, havingpassed to the hook-openings, the spring F throws the hook forward, toengage with the said shafts, which thus form the coupling-pins.

To uncouple the ears, the drawheads are broughttogether, when the hookswill be in such a position as to permit them to be drawn or turned backfrom either side of the ears by the arms G G or the crank-handle I fromthe,

car-platform.

In practice the crank-handle I will be found the more convenient modeot' operating the coupling on passenger or other platform-cars, and thearms G G best adapted for use with freight-cars.

The eatch-hook E is constructed, as represented, to adapt it to receivethe common coupling-pin J, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, forconnection to cars not provided with my improved couplingpin.

Having thus described my invention, the followingis what I claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters `Patent:

I. The rotary and-vertically-slidiug shaft B, having a catch, O,provided with a tapered head adapted to pass over or under its opposingcatch.

2, vThe combination ofthe catch C, shaft B, crank-handle I, and springF, the catch being' rigidly attached to the shaft, as and for thepurpose set forth.

- 3. The construction of the catch O and its shaft B, with crank-handleI and arms G G', to adapt the catch to be operated optionally from thecar-platform or ground.

CARL AUGUST FEUSER.

Witnesses :l c

GEORGE T. BARNES, GEORGE T. BRYAN,

